Specialty Gardening: Plants that show good Fall foliage color , 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Hi cactuspatch, welcome to the thread.

DonnaMack and Indy,
I've never tried Heucheras from seed but I did rescue seedlings of palace purple crosses that sprouted readily in a mossy pathway. Although a few appeared to have brilliant red foliage when small none are anything special. I use them as filler along the edges of the beds and have even thrown a few into a long narrow path going up the center of the asphalt in the driveway . The one time I tried Heuchera sanguinea it was not a success, but from your experience I will try Firefly in the front with the red colombine. It should look interesting with the long grassy leaves of the grape hyacinth (Muscari).
By the way Indy, Plantfiles said Firefly would not come tue from seed.
In general I have found most heucheras short lived except for Palace Purple and the villosas- the Autumn Bride
has the white blooms on a large maple leaved plant in autumn.

This Spring photo showing the white clump of flowers in front of the the little statue is the native white flowered geranium maculatum. These have the lovely red tinged leaves in Autumn shown earlier in the thread. You can see the line of dark leaved heucheras grown from the seedlings. The wood phlox is also a good substitute for myosotis and have variegated leaves if you purchase the cultivar 'Montrose Tricolor'. But you must be sure to place it in a well drained area.